On June 24, the Canadian lost one of the most appreciated coaches of his group. Indeed, Luke Richardson, who went from assistant in Montreal to pilot for the Blackhawks, who the players shook hands with after Friday’s gamewas a heavy loss for the team.
Jeff Gorton et Kent Hughes attempted to replace him with David Quinnplus ithe finally chose to go to San Jose, where he is the head coach (not an assistant coach).
Tonight, Quinn, who was signed by Gorton in New York, will be at the Bell Center as his team visits the Montrealers.
The new Sharks manager has been very complimentary towards the management of the club.
Sharks coach David Quinn praises CH:
« From Jeff, to Kent and Marty, they have been able to have an impact on a short amount of time. They have a dangerous group of forwards and their defensemen are better than people give them credit for » @RDSca
— Patrick Friolet (@PFrioletRDS) November 29, 2022
Like many people, he thinks Gorton, Hughes and St-Louis are doing a good job. If you find them so good, why didn’t you accept Gorton’s offer, hehe? That said, I’m sure the guys like Stéphane Robidas and an experienced trainer like Quinn would rather be the boss that an assistant to the boss.
The 56-year-old coach also praised the players. Indeed, he thinks that the Canadian has a very dangerous group of attackers (it’s true) and that the defense is better than we think. That too is true.
Especially since the return of Mike Matheson, we feel a certain stability within the top-4. There is a rotation among the young defenders of the team excluding Kaiden Guhle, but it is not because they are doing badly, on the contrary.
The defense (and Samuel Montembeault) has allowed three goals in its last two games.
But hey, the real test is from Thursday. The club will be traveling in Western Canada (Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver) and the American West (Seattle). Four good attacks. I can’t wait to see how the defense, especially, will perform.
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– Obviously.
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— Marc-André Perreault (@MA_PerreaultTVA) November 29, 2022
– The Norris is not enough, according to Philippe Boucher.
When more than a trophy to deserving defenders. Hats off to CH for the 1st 1/4 of the season!!! Boucher: The resurrection of Erik Karlsson in San Jose https://t.co/IBtKhg7tvA
— Philippe Boucher (@Booboo4343) November 29, 2022
– Very funny.
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— The 5 to 7 (@5a7RDS) November 29, 2022
– J’imagine.
Here’s the article … https://t.co/MwAnQjCFmR
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) November 29, 2022
– Well done.
The Bulls are securing the services of their long-term coach with a contract extension. https://t.co/EkJU0AGplU
— AlleyOop360 (@AlleyOop360) November 29, 2022